Al-Qaida: Bounty on Swedish cartoonist
The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq offered money for the murder of a Swedish cartoonist who recently produced images deemed insulting to Islam, according to a statement carried by Islamist Web sites Saturday. In the half hour audio file entitled “They plotted yet God too was plotting,” Abu Omar al-Baghdadi also promised a new offensive in Iraq during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Full Story